Barack Obama claimed that the majority of his campaign money was built up slowly over time, from people who could only afford to donate 20 to 50 dollars at a time. This does not seem to be the case, however. A closer examination of the Obama campaign reveals that there were many large contributors to his campaign, far outdistancing the small donations he received.

During his campaign, Obama spent time in San Francisco. While there he had many large events he attended, putting in an appearance and receiving all of the proceeds from these gala events.

Several of these events cost 2,300 USD for each guest to enter. Some of these events also held as many as 400 guests. This means that Obama was receiving close to 100,000 USD from each of these events, of which he attended several. On one day he attended several, meaning he received 300 million for just one day of gala attendance in San Francisco.

Some of the notable wealthy people who put on these gala events are Ann and Gordon Getty. Located on the legendary Billionaires Row, their house is one of the largest and most extravagant. Other contributors and hosts to these events were Norman Stone, Peter Haus, Levi Strauss and Peter Sperling. Many of these people were heirs, of everything to the University of Phoenix and Getty Oil.

All of these contributors and galas allowed the Obama campaign to walk away with millions of dollars, flying in the face of their claim that they were funded by the “little people.”